Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Praying for Rain

A couple weeks ago, I looked out my window, and felt like I woke up in a science fiction movie. The world was tinted orange, and "snow" was falling all around.

There's a fire in the mountains behind our house. The wind has been blowing ash all over the city. This is a picture of the hood of our car on one of the first days the ash blew in.

It kept falling for about a week. Everything was covered. The heat's been up to about 80 degrees lately. In our city, few people have air conditioning. We just open your windows & hope a breeze will cool off the house. But when we opened our windows, the ash would blow in. I was sweeping up piles of ash. And the poor kids couldn't play outside. :(

The wind changed a few days ago, and we've had blue skies again, until today. Here are some pictures I took yesterday, from the house.

The Zaca fire started on July 4, and they're hoping to have it contained sometime in September. Our local fairground parking lot has been filled with fire trucks from all over the state. Some people who live in the mountains are being evacuated, but so far, the main city is safe. Our biggest concern is the fire getting to the electric plants. Then we would lose our electricity.

Recommended Reading

Currently Reading:

"Digital Wedding Photography" by Glen Johnson

Great Quotes

"Everything will be alright in the end. If its not, then it's not the end"~~~"Earth's crammed with heaven,And every common bush afire with God, but only he who sees takes off his shoes; The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries."--Elizabeth Barrett Browning~~~"Fairy tales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children that dragons can be killed." --G.K. Chesterton~~~"An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered." --G.K. Chesterton~~~"The days are long but the years are short."~~~"I'm CDO. That's like OCD, except the letters are in alphabetical order, like they're supposed to be."~~~"Setting a good example for children takes all the fun out of life." - William Feather~~~"Ever notice that 'what the hell' is always the right decision?"~~~"The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face." -J. Handey